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THE I‘ER use. ' )8 w Mills. ERS we ZS ! ? SECURITV L’S'D IX Semalo Pills. ll 1 f0 dalk. 0N he most wide published in YHAX 'OUNDRY LIST ' up?” resheI men 508, *3)“ milder; Sup- 1 Points for '01' :C “'3; mm, C‘hu tors, F and 11g, 8L. Toma“). Can of some ' thing H) mm! bring you was“. 00.. Punt Attor armpmom “0mm 3 H MlTH, U \6 1| UK order imam tsw ( 5"]! Shir Lasting Saws “LB for A cioud . yd over the countenance of the mai en that was Lately so bright with inspiration; and with disappoint- ment there was also the bitterness of shame that she shou‘Id have been so deceived. “Thou re jectest,” she replied, _“the cause of thy country, and to me. therefore, thou art nothing. When I dwebl beneath the Roman shadow, let its rocks faill and crush me! Find for thyself some other mate to join thee and dark, but where all are free. Go, man of a crouching so "2. Whom neither {Heaven can persuade nor honor kindle! The land shall be delivered, though not by thee. and thou shallrt only perish in the ruin of the enemy." “Daughter of Segestl dost thou deâ€" spise the Wisdom of thy father 3" “A cloud has gathered upon his aged eyes; the gods wx'lsl disperse it that he mot: -nA ” strpi ated With the Romans just long enough to despise his national creed, without replacmg it with that of his instructors, and he was proof to prophecies and omens, whether they might come from Rome or Germany. He therefore tried the effect of reasoning. Vain fool! as if arguments were needed where a deed beyond human hOpe can only be measured, as well as achieved, by the divine inspiration that prompts it. “Thusnexlda, Thusnelda!” he said, “this is the dream of madness, not a. vision of the gods. I Oppose the ma- jesty of Rome !-â€"I deliver the land from their dominion! As well might the oak shake its branches at the thunderbolt, or the cris leaves of autumn refuse to move begore the whinlrwind. Hear the voice of reason, my beloved. The gods of Rome have given the world to the Romans, and What nation may say in reply, “This shall not be?” Let us, then, rear our cottage beneath their protecting shadow, and listen peacefully to the. storm. Such is the.advice of the Wise Segest, who worship the d1-’ i , “O... m-..v qu uuo bubs, alfu. I will love thee; yea, I will worship thee 1" She gracefurltly knelt upon one knee, and olasped her hands in entreaty. "Say that thou wiilrt free our people from bondage, and this heart is Wholly thine!” , Nothing could be more unresponsive to the high-wrought energy of that beautiful enthusiastic maiden than the stoldd look of Rudiger. The appeal which he heard wound have been re- ceived by his countrymen as an oracle from Heaven, and ten thousand spears would have been banished at the sum- mons; but the young man had associ- ated with the Romans just long enough to despiseohishnationa‘l creed, without Drpmise gne that thou wilt obey the voxce Whlch the gods themselves have Is the chosen one already at hand who is to lead our people to victory 9" “Thusnelda, Thusnelda!" The cam aroused the young prophet- ess from her trance, but it was onllry to regard her companion with a. look of new interest. “Rudiger," she exclaim- ed with eagerness, “I have seen the ruin crest. I strained my eyes to discover; hlS countenance, but in vain; and then: came a whisper of Heaven into my; heart that the hour and the hem are; bear its master; the eagles are low}. in the dust;an(i the swords that guarded them he broken by their side. Can it be that the mighty have thus passed away, {like a storm of the night. when the morning sun shooks forth in his strength? The vulLture flaps his: wings over the cold faces of those who‘ brought” chains to bind us, and the mighty of Valéhalla shout to behold our "Lift up thy head, my country, to behold the ruin of the spoiler; prepare 3315' voice for the welcome of deliverance and the song of triumph! The clash of shields is deepening, the spears and darts descend hike rain amid the thun- der; the burning tents are raided to- gether, and quenched in the blood of their defenders. Onâ€"on ye victorious War-men! Yet another effort, and the lenemy sham] cease to be. And now it is done! The war-horse can no longer ing low, but rich and heart-thrilling accents, seemed to be addressed, not to her companion, but the elements by which she was surrounded, or the spir- its that hovered upon her ecstatic vis- ion. flxed upon the distant emblem of in- vasion, her eyes brightened and dilat- ed, as if she beheld more than was pic- tured in the long lines of reposing tents, or the silence with which they were covered; while her voice, which broke forth in a wild chant, embody- ten inspired when they directed the tribes, like a mountain torrent, against the Reman phalanges. She stood, like one of the VaLkeries of her creed, in the act: of selecting those who were to die and while her steady gaze was CEAPTER I «vâ€"Cofntinued. ”This is but thy wanted bitterness," replied the youth angrily, “and thy hatred of all that is Roman. Still thou dost taunt me, because I prefer the lords and teachers of the world to the fierce barbarians by whom I am sur- rounded. Daughter of Segest, is this well done? Dost thou hate me be- cause I walk in my father’s steps?" The appeal was in vain, because it was unheard. The beautiful enthus- iast, who so lately had breathed slaugh- ter and conflagration, as if these had been her kindred element, was now rapt in one of those prophetic transports by which the women of her hand were of-g HERMANN. lion and a half dollars. The Crowell family emigrated from England to bode Island in 1760, and break of the revolution rem :brief distance from each other“ but ;afterward side by side, and finally fhand innhand into the forest. toward ' l 4-1.- uuyiu pair wno walked, at first atfia nef distance from each other afterward side by side, and finally hand in hand into the forest the cottage of Seg-est. That war- rior-youth, sordisgmsed in Roman pan- Was it a flash of lightening that sud- denflw broke from the forest ‘Iâ€"was it} some warrior-deity of the north who had descended to aid so fair a worshipper? \Vlth a step as swift as that of a deer, although he was armed in heavy Roman maul, a warrior suddenly broke upon the scene, and at his indignant shout the startled Rudiger recoiled. Wonder and contempt were expressed in the 'looks of this new-comer, as if he could not credit the reality of such a scene of outrage; and he sillently gazed upon RHdthI‘. Whose odor changed from. red to g’hast’l'y pale in the cold moonlight that revealed his confusion. But the latter endeavoured to conceal his shame? under looks of rage, as he hastily' turned upon the stranger. “Away, thou, meddhng food I" he cried, “ and comei not between the lover and his bride I” The stranger raised his eyes to Thus- â€"-m-â€".- VJ W, and cheeks that g’ianoed like an angry thunder-aloud; she twined Within his rude hold, and shook his strong frame to and fro, whine shrieks, not of fear, but rage and defiance, with which she fol-- lowed every effort”, pierced the recesses of the wood, and started the anoient ravens that dozed upon the doddered brannhnu ~‘W. tam and powerful, and his rude grasp had enclosed her, as if she had been some wayward chiRd or rebellious Wlfe, and net 3. worshipped mistress; but 'he soon discovered What fearfum energies can animate even the femaibe arm when such an indignity has nerved it for resistance. She (rinsed ulp‘on. him withjiashing eyes. arms, and was endeavouring to force her away; but with al‘l the fearlessnessand wrath of an insulted German marden she resisted his efforts, and a furlous §trugghe commenged. _ The yopth was -AL‘I _ ,_ This burst of angry impatience was only answered by the maiden w1th a look of withering scorn. Rudiger was almost maddened by that glance; and if the respect of a. ‘Iover had hitherto made him hesitate, he was now trans- ported beyond its influence. "‘1 must drag my promised bride," he fiercely cried, “from the ruin that threatens her, even though she hate me; and Se- gest himseaf will approve the deed !” He rushed forward to seize her. The pomt of her spear was instantly at has breast; but the massive ornaments of his. military belt arrested it, and the fra1L weapon fell in splinters to the earth. _Aiready he had secured her to ruin; he selected me as thy destined mate, and the guardian of thine honor when his aged head is laid low, and thouâ€"thou iaughest at his will, and de- spisest the man of ‘his choice. Away from this pilace of fearfuJ vision! the dark spirits of Bela gather round _it. Gaze no ionger upon yonder camp; its guardian gods, who keep watch upon Its ram rts, frown terribly upon thee, Hence, . nce, for to stay is death! Away With me to thy father i” Continued). _ .Jv VALMU MAUI), , bit “as friends ?-â€"- hour as if years had 1‘ mutgql A intercourse 'Doctor Ranke, of the German Anth- ropological Society, recently undertook to describe the physical characteristics of the earliest men, as ascertained from the examination of prehistoric graves. They were of a yellow15h color he said, and had coarse hair. Their heads were peculiarly shaped, the part ofoth'e skull which contains the bram .belng large relatively to the face, while the face was small.’ They had other peculiar- ities, among which was the rudiment- ary or undeveloped condition of the third molar, or back grinder tooth. The doctor believeg that the first men orig- inated in A818. 1 -â€"â€"vv “V‘- So by righlt of discovery, and to per- petuate the name of the mythical gol- den ci=ty which was said to lie some- where south of the Orinoco. which many sought, and those who found (so runs the tale) were either put to death or made prisoners for life, he calls the cataract the Falls of Manoa. Mr. S. A. Thompson who recently picked 'his way through the Imataca mountains in Venezuela, found a great river burs-ting diagonally from an al- most perpendicular cliff 1,600 feet high, Where the watem divides int: half a dozen streams, which divide and sub- divide, spread cwt into broad, fan-like expensions to reach? the canyon below. He says that the region is entirely un- inhabited, and there is not the slight- est sign to show that the falls have ever been visited _by white men before. '0utline of Contents of the Annual Report of the Provincial Inspector of lnsur ance. The detailed report of the Inspector of Insurance and Registrar of Friend- ly Societies, showing the condition of all insurance societies .operating in Canada. has been sent out by the gov- ernment. The report is compiled from the reports of each company for the year 1895, and which were received by the department during the first months , of the year. Many of the companies do business outside of. the country,and lfull particulars are given. but the fol- ?lowing is an abstract total of the busi- ness done by all the companies in On- tario alone and shows the large pro- portions to which life insurance has at- tainedzâ€"Number of members in On- tario, 241,215; number of members died; 1.677; amount paid for funeral benefits, $43,949.97; death benefits (insurance), $2,405,288.66; number of members sick during the year, 15,229; number of. weeks' sickness experienced, 69,368; amount paid for sick benefits, $257,- 816.82; amount paid for medical at- tendance, $69,605.80; donations to (118-- tressed members $7,348.08; assets in cash and securities, $6,053,956.40. cipal capital are prepared to punish sim- ilar offences with great severity. On this account Prince Bismarck’s recent disclosures of the secrets of German diplomacy have been: regarded in every capital as amazing indiscretions. His ex- ample runs counter to laws enacted throughout Europe for the protection “4! ant. “-wL of state secrets. of secret information in the Foreign. War of Admiralty offices is liable to impfisonmegy at hard labor for five or The eXposure caused great annoy- ance both in England and Russia, be- cause it played these two powers in the unenvmble position of agreeing In advance upon the provisions and limi- tations of a European treaty which all the Great Powers were to sanction at the C ress at Berlin. The copyist could not indicted under the law. but repetitions of his offence could be precented by a. revision of he statutes. This was done Without nndnp flainw i This unportant diplomatic secret was brought to light (through the agency of a copyist who was employed in the room where the document was on the file. Having obtained access to it, he made a capy of it, and subsequently al- lowed an evening newspaper to pub- lish a transcrixot of it. He was pro- secuted on a charge of stealing the document but the charge was not sus- tained, as there was no evxdence of ac- committed the substance of the agree- ment to memory, or made hurried notes of the contents upon his cuffs or on paper. There was no statute at the tlme by which this act of treachery could be punished. With all these precautions state 86- crets are occasionally revealed. The most conspicuous betrayal of trust during recent years in England was the publication of the Anglo-Russian Me- morandum by an evening journal in London on the eve of the Congress of .1118. was done without undue delay. Runs now ‘a penpl offence for any one Punishments Innicted for Revealing m- plomatic Secrets. Every foreign office in Europe takes extraordinary precautions for prevent- ing the publication of diplomatic secrets. A111 immn'tant despatches are written in cipher, and only three or four confidential clerks are entrusted with the keys by which these communications may be trandlated. The cipher code is changed once in three or four years in the British Foreign Office so as to diminish the risks of the key falling into the possession of some other foreign office. The diplomatic correspondence with the principal capitals is not sent by the ordinary mail service, but by THE EARLIEST MEN. INSURANCE IN ON TARIO. WONDERFUL RIVER. agents known as despatch-bear- STATE SECRETS. “ Now, gentlemen of the Academy,you owe the Montyon prize to that sublime mother, if it is really due to devotion ' and to suffering for devotion. To whom will you give it if. not to her? To get that good warm soup_ for her son, in that country whenedwmg is as dear as labor is poorly paid, she works from morning till mghlt. half starves her- self. and sleeps 1n corners often colder than cells. and all that for years with- out one look or one word of affection in return. without. encouragement and without hope, slmply because her son is her son. Every day she climbs that; hill to the quarry. She knows that a new wound awaits her there, and that she will. come back With a heart still more torn by another insult; but she .n. -‘\/‘v A” 11" use for acting at Mont-Coffin. The soup sometimes becomes a, little cold, perhaps, on the way. and Vidrac speaks to his mother harshly. He doesn’t seem even to see her, and he calls her ‘ the old woman.’ But, nevertheless, for years now. when she comes into the quarry, she kisses the cheeks of her son, but he never returns the kisses. He swal- lows the soup. and pays no attention to the ‘ old woman.’ "â€"â€" â€"-wr'v “ The bugle calls for a recess. The convicts fall into line, and one of them. thin and still a handsome fellow. gets permission to go out of the ranks with a platter in his hand, dragging his chain and followed by two guards. Mother .Vidrac then opens her basket, takes out a little soup tureen, and with a trembling hand empties it into the plat- ter of the convict. All that seems very commonplace to Vidrac. There is no TOILS LIKE A SLAVE. washing and scrubbing, in order to be able every day to bring a warm bowl of good soup to her son. Every day she climbs Mont-Coffin with a basket under her arm aqd stops. in the stone yard where the Incorriglbles are kept. “ VFL.‘ L--._1‘ __11 o __ “Since then, the phase of shocks and dramas has passed, to give place to that of constant and most painful de- votion. The martyrdom which the poor woman now suffers in silence is per- haps more heartrending than the pre- vious tragedies. Vidrac was condemn- ed to the ball and chain, and he is kept in the quarries breaking stones. From morning till evening, 'he works there under the guards, and his moth- er during all this time pardoned on ‘her account. and the doc- tor obtained permission to bring him to her when she was sufficiently re- covered. They brought him to her. They allowed her to see her convict son again, and in the hospital, in the presence of the doctor, at the foot of the bed of the poor woman. the rascal had another opportunity to act the part of a comedian. Very well; wait a moment." “ The devotion of the mother had al- ready made the name of Vidrac famous “ VV'hen she arrived at Noumea and at the prison door pronounced the name of Vidrac, the guard looked at her with amazement. He returned thanks for his mother's sake. and went off after that last the- atrical effort. The poor woman, who was a. widow without any other chil- dren, sold her furniture, her cow, and her four chickens, and followed her son to the penal colony. of his moustache. \Vell, «this Vidrac has a mother, by Whom he is adored. There can be 110 (Tum? mnrn “lhnnnl- ___-_.._ - is the place Where it is likely captured by la mere Vidrac. who: etio story presents perhaps one most sublime examples of mater votion on record. It is told in garo as follows: mu 01 penal servitude, and he brings to for Virtue, or Montyon prize, as it is Follows mm to New Caledonia and Tails Like a Slave That lie May [lave “Criminopolis” is a. qrueer name for a. good book; bud: that is the title of a. work by M. Mimande on the convicts of New Caledonia, Nou Island. Bounail. and Noumea. The author gives a de- tailed and simple account of life in this land of penal servitude, and he hrimm tn MOST SUBLIME EXAMPLE OF MA' TERN AL DEVOTION. (3 ¢ ll (I ‘l ‘You are this mother '5’ CC Vidrac! You want to It is told in the. Fi- it is likely to be =. whose path- see Vid- Did you know, said the man who was reading an article about the contrac- tion of metals. that a clock ticks faster in winter than in summer? maxi will becomé as stationary as that of the brutes.â€"Duga-ld Stewart. The faculty imagination is the great spring of human activity. and the principal source of human improve- ment. As it delights in presenting to the mind scenes and characters more perfect than those we are acquainted with, it prevents us from ever being completely satisfied with our pre- sent condition, Olt‘ With our past at- tainments and engages us continually to the pursuit of some untried enjoy- ment, or of some ideal excellence. De- stroy thisfacubty and the condition of a feather in the air, which every breeze blows about as it 1isteth.â€"Johm Foster. Nothing can be more destructive to vigor of action than protracted, anx- ious fluctuation, through resolutions adopted, rejected, resumed and sus- pended, and nothing causes a greater expense of feeling. A man without de- cisxon can never be said to belong to hLmse’lgf ; he is as a wave of the sea, or Most biographies are of little worth. They are panegyrics, not lives. The ob- ject is, not to let down the hero; and consequentiy what is most human. most genuine, most characteristic in its history, is excluded. No department of literatpre is so false as biography-â€" Chanmng. is very pleasant to follow one’s inefinations; but, unrortunately, we can not follow them ail; they are like the , teeth sown by Cadmusâ€"they spring up. get in each other’s way, and fight.â€" L. E. Landon. After all, it is the divinity Within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated .by a woman of. talent and intelligence. though def1c1ent in personal charms. than I have been by the most regular beauty.â€"Irving. I have no Wife or chiidren, good or bad, to provide for; a mere spectator of other men's fortunes and. adven- tures; and how they play their parts; which. methinks, are diverseiy present- ed unto me. as from a common theater or sceneâ€"Burton. Have the courage to SThOVV that you respect honesty in whatever guise it appears. and your contempt for dishon- est duplicity by whomsoever exhibited. Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when convinced he Lacks principle. “A friend should bear withafriend': infirmities," but not with his vices. Have the courage to provide for the entertainment of your friends within your means, not beyond them. Have the courage to acknowledge your: ignorance, rather than to seek credlt for knO‘VledQ'P. nndor {glen nrnlnxn Have the courage to obey your maker at the risk of being ridiculed by men. Have the courage to discharge a debt While you have money in your pocket. Have the courage to do without that you do not need, however much your eye} may covet 1t. men of 30 to 35, $10; for men ok :33 hf) 50, $20; for men of 50 to '75, § 0 , : gle women and single men who reject, {Without legitimate cause. aspirants for their ha ngt merry shall be ' It The newspapers of Sadat. Republic, give the text of a Heroic case is stated, the demand is ready and the only fault of M. Mimande is to have kept it in his desks olong. Let him put it in the Post Office immediately. and let it go to the Institut." HIS OBSERVATION. : Measures Proposed In a Provincial Legislature of the Argentine. 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